The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-03-02

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the Festival and carry your spare
change with you.
Destructive forest fires have been ra-
ging in the neighborhood Of Dudley's
station. On the plantation known as
the Seymour place." belonging to
Mr.. II. Levi, all the buildings, iLc)nd-
ing the dwelling house, were destroy
ed. There are other casualties the
particulars of which are not known
at this Office.
II theye is anything our dewl enjoys,
it is good smoke; and you can per
haps, imagine his delight gentle read
er, when friend B, A johnson came
up to our Office on Monday last and
presented him with a "choice weed. F."
It was pretty good friend B. Try it
on again.
The TINES acknowledges with thanks
the receipt of copy Of a speech de-
livered by Hon. Samuel Dibble in
Congress on the Doth of January. His
subject was the Interstate Commerce
Bill.
The engraving Of George Washing
ton, which was taken from the Hall
of Representatives in the State House
at Columbia during the war: is to be
returned by Gen. ". ". Belknap, OF
keokuk, Iowa who now has posses
sior of it.
Masked hugging parties are now
the fashion of Ontario. For fifteen
cents men is allowed to hug a girl,
but be is first blindfolded. It's said
that scenes of unseeming wrath are
sometimes exhibited when men find
that they have been husging their
wives at schedule rates and thus dc
frauded.
The outside of the TINES is newsy
this week with interesting reading
matter from The State and elsewhere.
Ghosts in Old Virginny," Captain
Tillnan's letter, Colonel Rions story
of his birth x x will be good read
ing.
The TINES attaches were thrown
off their equilibrium the other day
when little dusky maid Of limited
summers presented herself at the office
door with milk piggin in hand and
asked, Have you got any milk to sell?
The Atlanta Constitution Of Februa-
rp 3rd, thus speaks OF the Attorney
General of this State: Colonel Jos.
II. Earle, the Attorney-General OF
South Carolina. spent few hours in
Atlanta yesterday. He is said to be
the Youngest Attorney-General in the
United States. He is phenominally
gifted lawyer, and his reputation as
an advocate extends all over tie
Union"
Henry Richardson, colored, suspect
ed of robbing the store of Mr. S. A.
Risby in the northern part of the
county, has been apprehended. With
Bacchus Richardson and Jerry Smoth-
ers, who had previously been arrested
fer the same ofense, he was taken
before the Trial Justice last Friday.
At the preliminary which followed all
three were sent tc jail to await trial
at the next Circuit Court. A. Levi,
Esq, represented Henry Richardson.
The Manning Guards is now an
assured fact. The officers have been
commissioned and the guns will be
here in a few days The Guards were
out on Monday night drilling and it
was freely remarked that finer look
ing set it would be hard to find. The
Adiutant and Inspector General will
paw them visit some time in the
near future. go it boys!" You are
supplying to Manning long needed
want, and one which is going to re-
feet credit on yourselves and her.
The Oldest fiddle in the world is
said to be in tie possession of the edi-
tor of The Spirit Of the South, publish
ed at Rockingham, n G. 1t was made
in Italy in tie year 1872 and was re-
paired in Philadelphia 80 years ago,
It is ugly and badly time worn but is
a remarkably sweet-tonee instrument.
The editor purchased it in. New York
in 1870 for $50. The Orangeburg
Times and Democrat commenting on
the editors possession wittil.v remarks;
"The idea of a country editor being
able to pay $50 for fiddle tickles Us
almost to death. We did not think
there was such oloated bona-holder
in the fraternity"
Mrs. Ad-iana Davis a respectable
white woman, residing in q tenant
house in the west part OF the town, is
sorely in need of the charities of our
citizens She is an invalid stricken
with disease, destitute of the necessa-
ries OF life, alone, and unable to min
lister to her wants. Her pitiable con-
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